Monthly Archives: June 2018

Amazon employees protest sale of facial recognition software to police

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“The employees call out two specific businesses that Amazon should end: the sale of facial recognition software to law enforcement (marketed as Amazon Web Services Rekognition), and the sale of AWS cloud services to Palantir (a data analytics firm that provides ‘mission critical’ software to ICE).”

Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/22/17492106/amazon-ice-facial-recognition-internal-letter-protest

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China plans to turn itself into a country of 19 super-regions

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“As China’s economy has modernised, the tendency towards concentration has been irresistible, especially in coastal areas. Some towns have specialised in electronics, others in the clothing industry and so on. There has also been much more migration to the coast than to other regions. It is the clusters that have coalesced naturally, especially the deltas of the Pearl and Yangzi rivers, that have the brightest prospects.”

Read more: https://www.economist.com/china/2018/06/23/china-is-trying-to-turn-itself-into-a-country-of-19-super-regions

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Trump urges Congress to restrict Chinese investment in U.S. tech companies

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“New legislation ‘will enhance our ability to protect the United States from new and evolving threats posed by foreign investment.'”

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/27/donald-trump-back-off-investment-limits-china-use-existing-laws/737332002/

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Liberty Dollar relaunches as silver-backed cryptocurrency

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“The original Liberty Dollars were promoted by the issuer to be used in commercial transactions as an alternative to federal currency, including Federal Reserve notes. Liberty Dollars eventually drew the attention of federal authorities, who filed criminal counterfeiting charges against Bernard von NotHaus.”

Read more: https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/2018/06/liberty-dollar-becomes-silver-backed-cryptocurrency.all.html

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U.S. Secret Service Demands Congress Regulate Cryptocurrencies

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“In a formal address to Congress, the U.S. Secret Service issued a stern warning regarding the illicit use of digital currencies that could have severe implications for possible future legislation.”

Read more: https://bitsonline.com/u-s-secret-service-to-congress-address-criminal-use-of-cryptocurrency-now/

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Feds ran a money-laundering operation for over a year in $20M darknet sweep

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“The core of the operation was an online money-laundering business seized by agents from Homeland Security Investigations and operated as a sting for over a year. By offering cash for bitcoin, HSI agents were able to identify specific drug dealers, ultimately tracing more than $20 million in drug-linked cryptocurrency transactions.”

Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/27/17509444/dark-web-drug-market-money-laundering-hsi-dark-gold

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Psychedelic Drugs May Help the Brain Repair Itself, Study Finds

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“Most of the psychedelics tested, the researchers found, promoted the growth of new dendrites from a neuron cell, which help transmit information from other neurons to the cell, as well as increased the density of small protrusions on these dendrites, known as dendritic spines. They also jumpstarted the growth of new connections, or synapses, between individual neurons.”

Read more: https://gizmodo.com/psychedelic-drugs-may-help-the-brain-repair-itself-stu-1826765205

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Marijuana drug wins FDA approval, humiliating DEA as a side effect

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“In April, an expert advisory panel for the FDA voted unanimously to recommend Epidiolex’s approval and determined that ‘CBD has a negligible abuse potential.’ The DEA did not immediately respond to Ars’ request for comment. But GW said it expects that the DEA will reschedule CBD within 90 days.”

Read more: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/06/fda-approves-first-marijuana-derived-drug-and-it-may-spark-dea-rescheduling/

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California To Create A ‘Ministry of Truth’ To Combat Fake News

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“The Electronic Frontier Foundation opposes the bill, calling it ‘flawed’ and ‘misguided.’ The group argues the measure would make the government and advisory group responsible for deciding what is true or false. It also points out the First Amendment prevents content-based restrictions, even if the statements of ‘admittedly false.'”

Read more: http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/06/25/california-considers-fake-news-advisory-group/

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American Totalitarianism and the Culture of Fake News

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“The Pew study indicates that there is a significant cognitive problem among US people in being able to assess facts from opinions.”

Read more: https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/06/26/american-totalitarianism-and-culture-fake-news.html

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